Disappearing Safari Tabs on iPhone/iPad: 7 Fixes to Try!

Safari has, in recent times, become a solid contender for remaining the default browser on an iPhone and iPad, instead of options like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. It’s received support for extensions, atweaked tab bar,start page customisation, it uses less resources, and is baked in really well to work perfectly if you keep youriPhone and Mac synced together. However, a number of users have been reporting that their Safari tabs disappeared randomly. If you’re facing this issue as well, don’t worry because we have the solution. Here are 7 solutions to fix disappearing Safari tabs on iPhone and iPad.

7 Ways to Fix the Disappearing Safari Tabs on iPhone or iPad (2022)

1. Show All Safari Windows (iPad only)

On iPad, you can open multiple windows of an app for better productivity and window management. However, this also means that you end up not seeing Safari tabs that are open in a different window. This can lead you to think that Safari tabs have vanished on your iPad.

2. Merge All Windows to Reveal Hidden Safari Tabs (iPad only)

If you have multiple Safari windows open on your iPad, and you don’t want to constantly switch between these windows to get to your hidden Safari tabs, you can merge all the windows into one as well.

3. Access the Recently Closed Safari Tabs (iPhone and iPad)

If you’ve accidentally closed important tabs in Safari, you’ll be glad to know that you can, metaphorically, use command + shift + T on iPad and iPhone, to re-open closed tabs. Here’s how to do this.

This is a great way to reopen closed Safari tabs in situations where you’ve accidentally closed a tab (or agroup of tabs) on your browser by mistake.

4. Bookmark All Open Safari Tabs (iPhone and iPad)

Though it’s not a solution per se, bookmarking all the open tabs can help you quickly access the tabs later. If you think that bookmarking several open tabs could be a rather tedious affair, let me tell you that modern versions of iOS (since iOS 13) have made it dead simple.

If you ever want to access your bookmarks in Safari, hit the Bookmarks icon either in the main browsing interface or in the sidebar to bring up all of your saved favorites and folders.

After that, press and hold a bookmark folder and chooseOpen in New Tabs or Open in Tab Group.

5. Disable Auto-Close Safari Tabs (iPhone and iPad)

Both iOS and iPadOS allow you toautomatically close Safari tabsafter one day, one week, and one month. So, if you have set the Apple browser to auto close tabs, choose to do so manually.

6. Hard Reset Your iPhone or iPad

Since hard reset (also known as force restart) is well-known forfixing common iOS issues, it would be worth giving this troubleshooter a chance as well. Don’t worry, it won’t delete any media or data.

Once your device has rebooted, head over to Safari, open a few tabs, and browse the web for some time just to check if the issue is gone.

7. Update Your iPhone or iPad

If Safari tabs still disappear on your iPhone, the issue could be due to a software bug. So, tryupdating your device to the latest versionof iOS/iPadOS. In order to enhance the overall performance, Apple releases most software updates with several bug fixes. Hence, there is a good chance that the software update might fix the disappearing tabs.

Disappearing Safari Tabs on iPhone and iPad Fixed!

That’s pretty much all there is to fix disappearing Safari tabs on iPhone and iPad. More often than not, disappeared tabs are just open in another window, but if it’s a nefarious bug that’s making things difficult, hopefully you were able to solve your issue. So, which solution was able to fix the missing Safari tabs on your iPhone or iPad? Let us know in the comments.

Rajesh Mishra

An old school bibliophile who turned a tech nerd out of obsession. When he is not digging into hacks and tracking down stories that are breaking the internet, you may find him reciting poems.

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